There are at least 120,000 Bidun jinsiyya (without nationality) in Kuwait today suffering from the lack of human rights. They cannot legally obtain birth, death, marriage or divorce certificates. The same applies to driving licenses, identification cards, and passports. They …
Posted in Civil Rights, Current Events, Demonstrations, Kuwait | Tagged Kuwait | 3 CommentsBelow are the latest reports and updates following the situation of migrant workers in the MENA region, from our website Migrant-Rights.org. Migrants in Libya face uncertain future: A recent U.N. report estimates that over 7,000 prisoners remain detained in Libya. …
Posted in Awareness, Bahrain, Civil Rights, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE | Tagged Gulf, migrant rights | Leave a commentAn Ethiopian maid was murdered by her employer on Tuesday. The man beat her for over a week because she allegedly refused to work, and her injuries were so severe that she suffered from internal bleeding. She collapsed after arguing …
Posted in Gulf, Human Rights, Kuwait, Migrant Workers | Tagged Kuwait, migrant rights | Leave a commentBelow is a list of recent media reports that will verify the fact that migrant workers, domestic maids in particular, suffer outrageous human rights violations that take place on a daily basis throughout the Middle East. There are many cases …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Racism, UAE | Tagged Bahrain, Kuwait, maids, Migrant Workers, UAE | Leave a commentOver the months of August and September, migrant workers in Kuwait continued to commit suicide at an alarming rate. Over this two-months period, 27 migrant workers have attempted to end their life or succeeded in doing so. This is an …
Posted in Bad news, Kuwait, Migrant Workers | 2 CommentsOver the past two months, there have been 23 reported cases of suicide or attempted suicide by migrant workers in Kuwait, meaning that about every 2.5 days a migrant worker commits or attempts suicide in Kuwait. Migrant workers are often …
Posted in Awareness, Kuwait, Migrant Workers | 3 CommentsSome leaders in the Middle East are facing existential threats, and as we can well imagine, a knife to your throat concentrates the mind. In chemistry an unstable chemical solution seeks a way of stabilizing itself. Could the volatility of …
Posted in Awareness, Current Events, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey, USA | 4 CommentsOver the month of May, 17 migrant workers have attempted or committed suicide in Kuwait according to a survey of newspaper reports from the country; two maids were injured while trying to escape their sponsor’s house. This is an escalation …
Posted in Awareness, Bad news, Human Rights, Kuwait, Migrant Workers | Leave a commentMigrant workers continue to commit suicide at an alarming rate in Kuwait, as a close examination of Kuwaiti papers for the month of April 2010 shows. During this time period, there have 12 reported cases of suicide and suicide attempt …
Posted in Bad news, Human Rights, Kuwait, Migrant Workers | 3 CommentsA new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the rights of migrant domestic workers focused heavily on the Middle East, and for a good reason: most regional governments do not include domestic workers under the protection of its labor laws, …
Posted in Bahrain, Human Rights, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Qatar, Racism, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, UAE | 2 Comments